Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: ‘Satire is a way to make myself less depressed’
The US author on dystopian fiction, the experience of speaking to prisoners about his debut novel and why both of America’s major parties ‘love the war machine’
Is it time to turn the British Museum into the world’s great lending library?
With a new government will come grown-up conversations about our colonial history’s part in the acquiring of artefacts
‘You can write anything about sex, but you cannot talk about money’: Taffy Brodesser-Akner on life after Fleishman
Her bestselling debut, Fleishman Is in Trouble, became a hit TV series. Now Taffy Brodesser-Akner is taking on the American dream
Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi review – a wild weekend in New Lagos
Dirty secrets abound in a feverish novel exposing the seedy underbelly of a Nigerian city
Shy by Max Porter audiobook review – tale of a ne’er do well, done well
Joe Gaminara’s narration pumps up the lyricism of Porter’s scuzzy odyssey of drugs, drink, youth violence and doomed romance
True Love by Paddy Crewe review – from the heart
Melancholy is deftly evoked in this sentimental portrait of young love and precarity, from the author of My Name Is Yip
Shadows of Winter Robins by Louise Wolhuter review – a masterful mystery that keeps you guessing
This writer’s tantalising second novel is packed with marvellous characters, whose unfurling stories examine generational secrets
Rosarita by Anita Desai review – a transcendent late gift
This profound and riddling novel follows a young Indian woman’s quest through Mexico to find out more about her mother
‘Radical’, ‘a headrush’, ‘insanely clever’: the best Australian books out in July
Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on
I Will Crash by Rebecca Watson review – a unique take on sibling torment
A woman is haunted by her abusive relationship with her brother in this experimental novel of family trauma and memory
‘Reading’s in danger’: Frank Cottrell-Boyce on books, kids – and the explosive power of Heidi
He has written hit films like 24 Hour Party People and cooked up the Queen’s Olympic skydive. But now, having been crowned Children’s Laureate, he’s on a mission to show kids that books will change their lives
Bonding by Mariel Franklin review – a comprehensive vision of a devastated society
Populated by tech and pharma hustlers, this bold and highly impressive debut novel has its thumb right over the sore spots of modern life
Miles Franklin award 2024: Alexis Wright continues dream run as shortlist announced
Much-lauded Praiseworthy joins works by Gregory Day, André Dao, Sanya Rushdi, Jen Craig and Hossein Asgari competing for Australia’s highest literary honour
‘An ancient shadow permeates his work’: Alberto Manguel on the genius of Ismail Kadare
The writer pays tribute to the late author, reflecting on how Kadare’s use of the ancient past to make sense of the present renders him essential reading
Ismail Kadare obituary
One of Albania’s greatest writers who explored the ugliness and dignity of this ancient and long-oppressed nation